Christine Zhang

@christinezhang.bsky.social

https://christineyzhang.com/ https://www.nytimes.com/by/christine-zhang

SCOOP: Warsh is considering reducing the number of policy meetings the Fed holds each year. He raised the idea at this week's meeting, according to four people with knowledge of the situation

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: The stock market is not the economy. Except, right now, maybe it is? A.I. is driving the market. The market is driving spending and investment (much of it on A.I.). But what happens if it all comes crashing down? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...

A.I. Is Lifting Markets and the Economy and Raising Risks for Both (Gift Article)

Investment in artificial intelligence and related companies is lifting the stock market and spending across the economy.

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"It’s very clear that the balance sheet cannot be immediately reduced without causing a liquidity crunch that nobody would like," says Darrell Duffie at Stanford. "Both the plan and the execution are going to make the difference between failure and success."

Colby Smith@colbylsmith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In other Fed news, my latest on how Warsh plans to shrink the central bank's footprint in financial markets www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u... @nytimes.com

Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.

The Post was foolish enough to unleash a bevy of the world’s most talented multi-disciplinary journalists out there for their competition to scoop up. These are some of the most hard working and skilled people I know. Save this one and reshare it please! 📊

So many incredible journalists got laid off today. Heroes, mentors, friends. Just an absolutely devastating day. Starting a thread here with some of their incredible work, and how to follow and support them.

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.

Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

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